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/ 60 HUMANIS’ INDIVIDUAL COMMITMENTS IN A jointly managed mutual benefit group, Humanis is an https://humanis.com/groupe/pourquoi-sommes-nous-differents/quand-protection-sociale-rime-avec-developpement-durable/ / 61 Raising the awareness of internal actors who tend our green spaces by training them in ecological Respecting the fauna and flora lifecycles through sensible maintenance (mowing, cutting, late pruning to increase biodiversity at the sites, etc.),Prohibiting the use of crop protection products at all our green spaces (zero-use of crop protection products),Reducing, reusing and recycling green waste produced at our main sites (installing composters),Implementing sensible irrigation systems and seeking alternatives to the use of drinking water for watering (water recovery devices, etc.).To ensure our involvement in and commitment to a comprehensive approach to ecological management, we aim to obtain the EcoJardin (Ecogarden) label for our highest-potential green spaces (two sites by 2019). This label will underscore our commitment to an ongoing improvement process.Aware of the impact of our property portfolio, we are also committed to obtaining certification for the environmental performance of our real estate assets through benchmarking In 2018, Humanis has set out to achieve "BREEAM In-Use" certification for its Garges-lès-Gonesse site (95). This pilot initiative will then be gradually deployed to other buildings, an important step towards achieving our objective As a responsible social protection group that is committed to the environment and in particular to biodiversity, Humanisis focused on developing the potential of its green spaces in order to highlight the value of biodiversity and foster In addition to installing information signs and creating biodiversity learning paths at our sites, we are developing spaces dedicated to health, biodiversity and well-being. To this end, the group’s first theme garden was opened at our Malakoff site (92) in 2016. Dedicated to herbs and medicinal plants and their uses and health benefits, this Garden has helped raise awareness among nearly 500 employees of the issues of nature, health and well-being through a bespoke programme.A study of the Orleans-based sites enabled the implementation of a "permaculture" project in 2017 at Saran (45). The garden itself, along with various events, has helped raise awareness of new approaches to agroecology and the links between environment, health and well-being among nearly 200 more employees.As well as installing apiaries at our sites (24 hives across five sites hosting more than a million bees), we are setting up «insect hotels» (for wild bees and

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various other pollinating insects), with a particular view to preserving biodiversity and the pollination of a greater variety of plant species.While we are committed to pursuing and developing in-house information, awareness and educational campaigns on biodiversity, we also wish to allow younger generations to benefit from our projects, which we intend to do by opening our theme gardens and learning paths to schools.To encourage citizen initiatives, we are committed to offeringour employees opportunities for involvement in participatoryscience projects.Lastly, a prevention programme that is currently being designed for deployment in 2019 includes a focus on the Promoting and developing green financeThe fight against climate change is an issue that is fully in line with Humanis’ values. As a jointly managed mutual benefit group mindful of its role as a responsible long-term investor,Humanis has turned its efforts to limit carbon emissions in the atmosphere into an opportunity for innovation, as is demonstrated by the creation of the HGA Green Bond Fund.With this innovative fund labelled TEEC (Energy and Ecological Transition for Climate), Humanis supports institutional investors in the "decarbonisation" of their financial portfolios (an estimated 1,750 tonnes less of CO is released for every million euros invested in the fund) and allows investors to participate actively in financing the fight against global warming, notably as part of their employee savings While the environmental purpose of the HGA green bond fund is at the moment primarily to address climate change and finance energy transition, biodiversity conservation remains a potentially attractive investment and one which is consistent with the green finance ambitions of our group.The fund also reflects the biodiversity theme via a green bond underwritten by NRW Bank (North Rhine-Westphaliaregional public bank backed by the German State) that is dedicated to the funding of hydraulic power generation In a bid to better integrate biodiversity into our business models as of 2019, we are committed to collaborating further with numerous current and potential issuers to provide a "number of km² protected/restored/rehabilitated"-type indicator that would add a second environmental effectiveness criterion to the HGA Green Bond fund (complementary to the number of tonnes of CO avoided or reduced), thereby promoting new investment opportunities for biodiversity protection and conservation. Humanis commits to publishing, from 2019 onwards, two positive impact indicators in its future annual and sustainable development reports. other pollinating insects).Number of sites with EcoJardin and BREEAM In-Use labels